3/4 Minus, Stone and Soil Delivery in Wilder, ID
Idaho Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Wilder, ID, and the first question is usually how much to order. Size the load with the calculator on any product page, then pick your material.
Road mix is the base most drives and pads here start from, and it is the same load a contractor calls 3/4 minus.
Wilder sits in Canyon County on the valley floor, where old lake silt, sand and clay sit over basalt. That ground drains slowly, so washed stone matters as much as base does.
Materials for Wilder Projects
Water is the thing to plan around on Wilder ground. Shallow basalt and clay lenses hold perched water under yards and drives, and irrigation laterals keep the summer water table high.
Washed stone gives that water somewhere to go instead of sitting against a foundation or under a slab.
Drain Rock is clean angular rock for french drains, foundation drains, drywells and septic drainfields. It comes in 3/4 inch, 1 1/2 inch and 2 inch sizes, and it carries no fines to clog the void space.
#57 Stone is a national gradation used for drainage and concrete aggregate. Idaho yards more often say 3/4 inch drain rock for the same job.
#4 Crushed Stone is the 1 1/2 inch size, for heavy drainage, construction entrances and trench bottoms.
Downspout runs and drywells want the same clean material, sized so water moves and the rock does not pack tight. 3/4" Crushed Stone works as pipe bedding and as an angular surface that stays put.
Under all of it goes the base course. 3/4 Road Mix is crushed base with the fines left in, and it locks up under a roller.
A contractor ordering 3/4 minus and a homeowner ordering road mix are asking for the same load.
Pit Run is unprocessed gravel straight from the pit, rock and fines at whatever sizes the pit gives. It is sub base, structural fill and a way to raise grade, never a finished surface.
Delivery to Wilder and the Surrounding Area
You order online, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck then tips the load on your site in one pile.
That is the whole of it, and it keeps the ordering simple whether you are on a lot in town or on acreage outside it.
Idaho Rock Supply delivers across Wilder and the rest of Canyon County, including Nampa, Caldwell, Middleton, Parma and Greenleaf. If your site is one of those, the same ordering steps apply.
Bulk loads are sized to the job, so have your area and your material picked before you order. The calculator on each product page is there to help you land on a quantity.
Ground and Conditions in Wilder
The Treasure Valley and the western Snake River Plain give the longest working season in Idaho, running from an early spring thaw into late fall. That is a wide window for a delivery, but canal water running from spring to autumn governs when work along ditches and laterals can happen.
Ground here is old lake silt, sand and clay with basalt beneath, worked into irrigated silt loam on the valley floor. Hard caliche layers sit under thinner soils on the benches.
Water that gets through the sand and silt stops at the caliche or the clay and sits there.
That is why a drainage layer earns its place under a drive or a slab, and why pit run goes in as sub base before road mix goes on top. Summer cloudbursts run straight off crusted ground instead of soaking in, so redirect that water rather than letting it pool at an edge.
Winter brings many shallow freeze and thaw cycles rather than one deep freeze. Frost depth is about 24 inches in Boise and the surrounding Treasure Valley cities, and the local building official sets footing depth.
No frost figure was published for Wilder, so check with the county on footing depth.
Questions About Gravel in Wilder
Do you deliver road mix to Wilder, ID?
Yes. Idaho Rock Supply delivers road mix, also called 3/4 minus, to Wilder and the surrounding Canyon County area.
You order online, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck tips the load on your site in one pile.
Road mix is the base course for drives, parking pads, shop floors and shed slabs.
What gravel is best for a driveway in Wilder?
Start with road mix as the base course. It is crushed base with the fines left in, so it locks up under a roller and carries a vehicle.
Top it with driveway gravel if you want a different surface look, or with 3/4 inch crushed rock where you want angular stone that stays put. On ground with clay or caliche under it, a clean drain rock layer below helps water move.
Order Road Mix, Gravel and Topsoil in Wilder
Idaho Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone, sand, topsoil and fill to Wilder and the rest of Canyon County, including Nampa, Caldwell, Middleton, Parma and Greenleaf. Size your load with the calculator, choose your material, and pick a delivery date at checkout.
Place your order online and a truck will tip it on your site.